Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-29
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A FOREIGN POLICY THAT SPREADS
FROM POLE TO EQUATOR.

Ingalls, Comprehensive Idea of Con.
tinentai Republic" Everything Goes"
Including EsquImaux and Greasers-
The Senator Overwhelmed with Let
ter-Godwin Smiths Caustic Thrust.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 29-Mr W. E.
Curtis, OF The Chicago News had an inter
view with Senator Ingalls, Friday afternoon,
Of which the following is an extract:
Senator ingalls, declares himself with his
characteristic emphasis as in favor of the an
nexation of Canada, and not only Canada,
but the entire Central American states He
coined phrase to express his doctrine, and
it was a continental republic The unanin-
ity of the assault upon him by the English
and Canad ian papers since his speech on the
fisheries resolution would seem to indicate
that the blows he struck were felt, and were
a good deal more than disturbance Of the
air. That he struck a popular chord in this
country is shown by the delugetof letters
that set in upon him the day after his speech
was delivered, and still continue with in
creasing numbers. He has received a good
many from Canada, as we'll as from citizens
of the United States, and they are all anony
NOUS vituperative, vindictive, and insoent
to the last degree The letters received from
this country have come from every state that
could send mail so far as Washington since
the debate, and are all congratulatory, Ell.
thusiastic, and grateful.
II asked him if he had read the attacks
upon himself in the English and Canadian
papers. He replied:
My attention has been called to them. The
tone Of the editorials in the leading London
journals is further illustration of the tenn
per of England and the English people toward
America and our institutions. They attempt
to divert the issue IRON the gravity Of the
accusation to the insignifcance of the &C
cusor. The real question is not whether MIR.
ingalls, is obscure. but whether his allesa-
tions are true or false. No supercillou' al
luslons to me or my state can distract atten-
ton from the real principles in controversy.
We have been so submissive, so forbearing
in the past that the world is coming to be
lieve us a nation of towards. There has been
such a TRANSMISSION of the dry rot of anglo
mania into our social system, such an adop-
ton of the single eye glass and the "aw'-the
jargon and the raiment of England so much
flapdoodle and whipsylabub, tea custard and
nonsense about kindred blood and the land of
Shakespeare and Milton, that there
has been temporary alteration of the
intellect and suspension OF self-re-
spect on the rart of the American
people, who forget that England is the only
enemy we have on the face of the earth 1t
is time that the American people awoke to
the fact that the craftsmanship of the nine
teen century requires the uniiication of this
continent under me homogeneous govern
| ment from the froZ,n sea to the internceanc
| canal, wherever it may be built. That
| canal should be our southern boundary NV
dream, and | believe the settled conviction
of the American people is a continental re
| public.
That is the manifest destiny: that is tn,
inevitable tendency of the political forces Of
| the Anne rican people II is their only safe
| ty, and instead of wasting our power in
| petty intrigues with savayes for naval
| station in the Pacific sea. wise and mora
| commanding policy would be to establish re-
| lations of international friendship with our
| Canadian neighbors on the north and oui
| Spanish neighbors on the south, and not
| permit the Vaccinations of Great Britain To
| foment disturbances that will defer such an
| alliance or render it impossible.
Il asked Senator ingalls, to give me- III
ideas on the continental republic little
more in detail, but he said he intended to
say something on this subject in the senate
soon and did not want to spoil his speech"